In “we’ve all seen the videos but you keep on going” news of the day, R. Kelly broke down in tears and angrily denied accusations that he raped underage girls in his first interview since his indictment last month. ‘Quit playing, I didn’t do this stuff,’ the pop singer tearfully told Gayle King of CBS News on Tuesday. ‘This is not me. I’m fighting for my f*g life.’ Kelly was indicted on February 22 in a Chicago courtroom on 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse against four victims, three of whom were underage at the time the alleged crimes were committed. If convicted, he could face a maximum prison sentence of 70 years – 7 years for each count. The singer has pleaded not guilty to all counts. Kelly told CBS News that there was no merit to the allegations he forced underage girls to have sex with him. ‘Not true, whether they’re old rumors, new rumors, future rumors…Not true,’ Kelly said.
In an explosive new interview, R. Kelly is breaking his silence about the sexual abuse charges that landed him in jail last month. The embattled R&B singer told @GayleKing that all the women now accusing him of physical and sexual abuse are lying. https://t.co/u4AENVsfAE pic.twitter.com/dVtVjc4Fx4
— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) March 6, 2019
“Stop it. You all quit playing! Quit playing! I didn’t do this stuff! This is not me! I’m fighting for my f***ing life! Y’all killing me with this sh*t!” @RKelly told @GayleKing, standing up. “I gave you 30 years of my f***ing career!”https://t.co/u4AENVJQsc pic.twitter.com/jLF7l8etYh
— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) March 6, 2019
